How to calculate elapsed time in different time/date zones?
Oct 21, 2014, 4:10 am
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How to calculate elapsed time in different time/date zones?
How much time is there between:
- 3 AM (PDT) on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 and 2:20 PM (CET) on Wednesday, October 1, 2014.
- 3:16 (CET) on Sunday, October 19, 2014 and 4:33 PM (PDT) on Sunday, October 18, 2014
Oct 21, 2014, 4:46 am
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you can work it out using websites such as www.timeanddate.com
Oct 21, 2014, 6:39 am
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- 3 AM (PDT) on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 and 2:20 PM (CET) on Wednesday, October 1, 2014.
26 hours and 20 minutes.
- 3:16 (CET) on Sunday, October 19, 2014 and 4:33 PM (PDT) on Sunday, October 18, 2014
Please clarify. 3:16 AM or PM - and on which days? October 19 was the Sunday, October 18 was the Saturday.
Oct 21, 2014, 2:02 pm
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you can work it out using websites such as www.timeanddate.com
Oct 21, 2014, 2:24 pm
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I'd use UTC.
Although GMT should work as well, I've had cases working with British clients where people confuse it with BST, their local daylight savings time.
UTC should be unambiguous.
Although GMT should work as well, I've had cases working with British clients where people confuse it with BST, their local daylight savings time.
UTC should be unambiguous.
Oct 22, 2014, 12:51 am
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Oct 22, 2014, 1:46 am
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Oct 22, 2014, 8:25 am
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An added benefit of a decent app could also be taking into account various daylight savings times in different regions.
Europe and the U.S. change clocks on different dates, for example. I'm used to thinking "Central Time to UK is 6 hours, Western Europe is 7." But there are a couple weeks a year where that's not true. (Obviously some parts of the world don't move the clocks at all.)
Europe and the U.S. change clocks on different dates, for example. I'm used to thinking "Central Time to UK is 6 hours, Western Europe is 7." But there are a couple weeks a year where that's not true. (Obviously some parts of the world don't move the clocks at all.)
Oct 22, 2014, 12:43 pm
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You'd think this is solved by technology, but living in Chicago and having relatives in NW Indiana (which follows no known standard time - and I've accused them of breaking the time/space continuum) the only way I know for sure when to appear for an appointment is to call them that day to confirm which time they're currently on.